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Episode: America's Loch Ness Monster

America's Loch Ness Monster Facts

Native Americans who resided on the west side of Lake Champlain had lore associated with a great, horned serpent. In 1873, P.T. Barnum, who was Mr. Circus, he offered $50,000 for a carcass of the Lake Champlain sea serpent and statistically, if you look at the sightings, the maximum length, the average length was 26 and a half feet.
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